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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1843
Page
8
A wealthy young man, heir to $30,000, arrives at his family's home Sunday, grotesquely drunk with torn clothes and bleeding head wounds. Neighbors recoil at the sight on a temperance Sabbath, as the piece condemns wine drinking and its supposed moral decline.
A 28 year old man in tattered clothes staggers to his mother's home after a drunken fall from a cab. He wounds himself when a shutters hinge collapses on him as a crowd gathers. He is removed to hospital after the incident witnessed by hundreds.
A lecture in a Maine town drew a Washingtonian crowd to pledge abstinence. A 50-year-old drunkard signed, then a brave 12-year-old wrote his name beneath his father’s, seeking safety. A joiner with a daughter trudging home in frost refused his spree and pledged, illustrating the movement’s stark warnings about alcohol’s ruin.
A temperance appeal urges Washingtonians to attend meetings weekly and bring others who have not signed the pledge. It warns of reform obstacles, stresses total abstinence, and cites examples of ruin from drink while urging industrious, philanthropic effort to curb alcohol abuse.
A motivational message urges Washingtonians to rely on industry and perseverance to endure hardship, promising eventual triumph. It emphasizes steadfast effort and collective resilience without detailing specific events or dates.
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